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Monday, June 1, 2026
Available Now!! Forever Fighting by J. Saman
Friday, May 29, 2026
Release Blitz for His Reckoning by Nicole Baker
His Reckoning by Nicole Baker is now live!
Moving into Sawyer Maccini's penthouse was never part of the plan.
Neither was becoming the one woman he can't control.
He's a billionaire with a reputation for being ruthless, untouchable... and completely uninterested in relationships.
I'm a romance author who suddenly can't write a single word.
We shouldn't work.
But late nights turn into stolen glances.
Tension turns into something sharper.
And the man who swore he doesn't need anyone starts watching me like I'm the only thing he can't afford to lose.
The problem? Sawyer doesn't break.
He doesn't bend and he definitely doesn't fall.
But I'm starting to think I might be the one thing that brings him to his knees.
And when everything he's been running from finally catches up to him...
He'll have to decide-- lose control...or lose me.
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Meet Nicole Baker
Nicole resides in Cincinnati, Ohio with her husband, two daughters, and two dogs. She spent ten years working in finance before she decided to pursue writing. Nicole loves writing romance novels that feature a strong female lead who knows what she wants in and out of the sheets. She writes about real struggles and people who are trying to find happiness in love and life!
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Release Blitz for The Muse by Jewel E. Ann
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Book Review for The Summer Share by Jenn McKinlay
The Summer Share by Jenn
McKinlay
Published: May
26, 2026 by Berkley
Genre: Contemporary
Romance
When two misfits discover they’ve inherited the same
beach house, sparks fly in the most unexpected ways, in this hilarious and
heartfelt rom-com from the New York Times bestselling author
of Summer Reading.
Free-spirited travel influencer Hannah Spencer has spent
five years touring the country in her vintage van, alone save for her hulking
Great Dane, Dude. Until an unexpected inheritance from her
pops has Hannah thinking about putting down roots in Cape
Split, North Carolina, where she’s the new owner of a worse-for-wear seaside
beach house. Or, rather, fifty percent of one. Turns out Simon O’Malley
inherited the other half from his gramps.
As Simon and Hannah spend the summer tag-teaming
repairs on the crumbling cottage, they discover it was once home to a timeless
love story. As their own relationship shifts from enemies to friends to
lovers, they begin to wonder if the house’s romantic past might be a good omen
for their future together. But there’s one problem—Simon is set on selling the
property at the end of the summer.
For Hannah, the Split isn’t like
anyplace she’s ever been, and Simon isn’t like any man she’s ever
known—she doesn’t want to let this new life go. She just needs
Simon to see their budding relationship and this newfound community in the same
way, or their first summer share might also be their last.
My Thoughts: Oh
this book… it tugged at my heart so much.
I love Simon and Hannah but I love even more Gramps and Pops. I lived to turn the page and learn more
about these two men who each owned half of the cottage in Cape Split. They lived good lives, they saw so much, and
they loved so completely.
Back to Simon and Hannah.
This is their story. The chance
to find a place of peace and happiness.
The catch, they have to make the decision to keep it or sell it. I had an idea of where the book would end
but it was so fun to see them get there, together. I liked seeing them work together to find out
who their grandpas were. Those answers
seemed to help them figure out who Hannah and Simon were also. There were lessons learned, advice given,
and love shared with each memory they found of Gramps and Pops.
The Summer Share is a wonderful, sweet story full of love,
respect, and lessons.
Thank you Berkley for a copy of the book via NetGalley in
exchange for my honest review.
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Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Book Blitz for Love at the Fiesta: A Kwentitas Romance Anthology with a GIVEAWAY
Love at the Fiesta: A Kwentitas Romance Anthology
(Kwentitas Romance Anthologies, #3)
Publication date: May 26th 2026
Genres: Adult, Romance
Return to Hacienda Luz—the world of Pasko Na, My Love and Forevermore—as the beloved Moore family opens the gates once more for a dazzling Santacruzan Fiesta in the heart of Napa Valley.
For two vibrant days, the vineyard comes alive with music, food, pageantry, cultural traditions, and unforgettable moments beneath the spring sky. But amid the beauty and celebration, hearts are on the line.
Some will fall in love.
Some will fall back in love.
And some will risk it all for the love they’ve been waiting for.From acclaimed and bestselling Filipino American authors comes Love at the Fiesta, a joyful romance anthology filled with family, longing, second chances, and love.
Featuring stories by the Kwentitas:
Cat Santos
Celeste Dador
Elle Cruz
June Gray
Kaye Rockwell
Liz Durano
Maan Gabriel
Maida Malby
Mia Hopkins
Preslaysa Williams
Tif Marcelo
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SNEAK PEEKS:
Rice – Mia Hopkins
“Look at us,” she whispered. They were wet up to their thighs. Their clothes and shoes were a mess of sand and seawater. Ace’s wet T-shirt clung to his torso. Pinky longed to strip it off him, to run her hands all over his skin.
“Guess we didn’t see that coming,” he said, breathless.
Overthinking was her specialty, but right now she didn’t allow herself to think at all. Pinky reached forward and placed her hands on his chest. She looked up at his lips. The wind almost carried away her whisper.
“Can I?”
Ace nodded slowly.
Blood rushing, she kissed him. A gust of cold wind whipped at them, but Ace’s lips were as warm and soft as she’d hoped. She tasted salt and smelled his skin—woodsy and clean, with something delicious in the background. Tea with honey. A gingersnap? No—hot salabat. Spicy and sweet.
When Ace finally closed his eyes, Pinky embraced him, and her brain lit up like a chandelier. She felt everything—his hands on her waist, the soft moan in his throat as she lightly pressed the tip of her tongue against his. He held her tightly, quieting her nerves but setting a fire deep inside her. The wind cut through her wet skirt and bit at her bare skin. The waves crashed. In the distance, seagulls called to each other, back and forth.
After a long, long time, Pinky broke their kiss. She snuggled against him and closed her eyes, overwhelmed with pleasure. His arms were cold, but his chest through the T-shirt was hot, and his heart was beating fast. They both could feel that he was hard as a rock, but he didn’t push himself against her. Horny, but polite—a refreshing combination.
“Do you…” she trailed off.
“Do I what?”
She winced. “Please don’t judge me.”
He stroked her hair. “I won’t.”
“Do you…live nearby?”
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Bring Back The Love – Tif Marcelo
Two days of pretending.
That was all Emmy Briones had to endure. That shouldn’t be hard, right? After all, she’d done harder things in life while on stage as a wedding singer, as a mother to actual grownups, and as a wife in a twenty-two-year marriage that was in a weird stage of limbo.
Granted, it was two days under the watchful eye of the legendary Lola Naty, her husband’s grandmother and matriarch of the famous Hacienda Luz.
No big deal.
Emmy employed the box breathing she’d learned in couples therapy—because yes, she and Aaron were at that stage—and crossed over the threshold of Hacienda Luz while dragging their carry-ons, where the glimmer of the marble floors and the sparkle of the chandelier above took her breath away.
Already decorated for the fiesta, a traditional Santacruzan, the lobby was filled with multicolored flowers. People milled about, talking in hushed voices, many of whom wore shirts that bore the familiar logo of Hacienda Luz.
A step behind Aaron, she swallowed against the enormity of it all. Living in the DC area hadn’t exposed them to this grandeur on the daily, unlike the rest of the Briones and Moore families living in and around the Bay Area. Though she and Aaron had been engaged here, Emmy only kept up with the property’s happenings through social media posts from Aaron’s family.
At the remembrance of their engagement, of Aaron getting down on one knee and pledging his life to her, her chest welled with sorrow.
“Em.” In front of her, Aaron offered his hand. His brown eyes had a message in them, though she couldn’t quite discern his intent.
They’d been in sync, in their thoughts, in their hearts, and in their voices, until they weren’t.
Emmy was just hoping they could pull off this ruse, collect their fee, go back home to their life, and somehow move on from it. It was Aaron who was worried. That his family—specifically Lola Naty—would notice that she and he were not the happy couple everyone made them out to be.
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Book Review for The Final Target by Nora Roberts
The Final Target by Nora Roberts
Published: May 26,
2026 by St. Martin's Press
Genre: Romantic
Suspense, Mystery Thriller
He showed up at Arden Bowie’s debut author appearance with a copy of her novel and an eager smile. He showered her with compliments and got her autograph. Then he came to her next event. And the one after that.
Dustin was just an aspiring writer who wanted advice, Arden reassured herself. But after giving in to one of his incessant invitations and chatting with him over coffee, she discovered that ignoring her inner alarm bell had been a terrible mistake…
An introvert at heart, Arden had long craved solitude―but now, after a harrowing assault, she finds herself hiding behind locked doors and startling at every sound. And her relief at his imprisonment is tempered by anxiety when Dustin’s wealthy mother helps to get him a paltry five-year sentence at a psychiatric facility.
Arden decides to write a new story for herself, moving to a tiny Oregon town and befriending Gideon, an ex-LAPD detective. But while she learns to thrive, Dustin remains his delusional, twisted self, as fixated as ever and now seething with anger. He still believes Arden's purpose on earth is to serve and please him. And his job is to protect her. But who will protect her from him?
My Thoughts:
Nora Robert knows how to write a thriller. Add in the romance and I am hooked! This book had so many twists and turns that I
was not sure where I was heading. I was
just along for the ride, and it was quite the ride.
Arden is a strong character. She is an author just trying to make her
dreams come true. Those dreams do not
include a stalker. I enjoyed that there
was so much insight into the lives of the main characters. Even when they were not interacting their
actions and thoughts were being shared with the reader. It all leads to a deeper understanding, more
clues, and an amazing storyline.
Thank you St. Martin’s Press for a copy of the book via
NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.
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Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Release Blitz for When Sparks Fly by Monica Murphy
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Release Blitz for Nothing But Friends by Jolie Day
Nothing But Friends by Jolie Day is now live!
My best friend Holly wants my baby.
Not a relationship, not romance.
Just a baby.
Apparently, that’s a perfectly reasonable thing to ask your best friend.
And if I say no?
She’ll find someone else.
We’ve been best friends since we were kids.
We’ve never even kissed.
Never cuddled. Hardly even hugged.
Now we’re trying to make a baby.
We do and say things we never would have under normal circumstances.
She insists this changes nothing.
For me, it changes everything.
I was supposed to give her a baby, not fall hopelessly in love with her.
And now I’m staring at two pink lines…
and realize I’ve made a terrible mistake.
Somewhere along the way,
I gave her my heart.
The one thing she never asked for.
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Meet Jolie Day
USA Today Bestselling Author Jolie Days writes contemporary romance and romantic comedies. She has a soft spot for writing about the swoon-worthy man who wears a business suit during the day and revs up his biker gear at night. He's got a quick wit, a devil-may-care attitude, and he'd go to the ends of the earth to win her heart. He's like a knight in shining armor—except instead of a horse, he's got a Harley.
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